Hallelujah! beta 1 gets a face lift
Today the beta 1 technical refresh got released internally and it looks great :-)
First impressions
- New look is nicely polished. This really does look the business now.
- Its fast. The live previews are stunning.
- Galleries are more extensive and rich
- More robust and stable generally
- Outlook seems faster, more stable and search is well nippy
- Excel and Word – both look cooler and the UI glitches are fixed. Galleries looking good, live preview much better.
- Better Ribbon - the chunks are arranged better, tabs are cleaner
- PowerPoint – wow! This has seriously had a face lift. Very stable and fast.
- Groove – reinstalled, everything just works without any recreation of workspaces. J
So far I’m liking this a lot.
Here is a small taster for you: